Fla. Stat. § 162.01
Short title
Sections 162.01-162.13 may be cited as the “Local Government Code Enforcement Boards Act.”
Florida Statutes Chapter 162 — COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL CODE ENFORCEMENT
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Fla. Stat. § 162.02
Intent
It is the intent of this part to promote, protect, and improve the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the counties and municipalities of this state by authorizing the creation of administrative boards with authority to impose administrative fines and other noncriminal penalties to provide an equitable, expe…
Fla. Stat. § 162.03
Applicability
(1) Each county or municipality may, at its option, create or abolish by ordinance local government code enforcement boards as provided herein.(2) A charter county, a noncharter county, or a municipality may, by ordinance, adopt an alternate code enforcement system that gives code enforcement boards or special magistra…
Fla. Stat. § 162.04
Definitions
As used in ss. 162.01-162.13, the term:(1) “Local governing body” means the governing body of the county or municipality, however designated.(2) “Code inspector” means any authorized agent or employee of the county or municipality whose duty it is to assure code compliance.(3) “Local governing body attorney” means the…
Fla. Stat. § 162.05
Local government code enforcement boards; organization
(1) The local governing body may appoint one or more code enforcement boards and legal counsel for the enforcement boards. The local governing body of a county or a municipality that has a population of less than 5,000 persons may appoint five-member or seven-member code enforcement boards. The local governing body of…
Fla. Stat. § 162.06
Enforcement procedure
(1)(a) It shall be the duty of the code inspector to initiate enforcement proceedings of the various codes; however, no member of a board shall have the power to initiate such enforcement proceedings.(b) A code inspector may not initiate enforcement proceedings for a potential violation of a duly enacted code or ordina…
Fla. Stat. § 162.07
Conduct of hearing
(1) Upon request of the code inspector, or at such other times as may be necessary, the chair of an enforcement board may call a hearing of an enforcement board; a hearing also may be called by written notice signed by at least three members of a seven-member enforcement board or signed by at least two members of a fiv…
Fla. Stat. § 162.08
Powers of enforcement boards
Each enforcement board shall have the power to:(1) Adopt rules for the conduct of its hearings.(2) Subpoena alleged violators and witnesses to its hearings. Subpoenas may be served by the sheriff of the county or police department of the municipality.(3) Subpoena evidence to its hearings.(4) Take testimony under oath.(…
Fla. Stat. § 162.09
Administrative fines; costs of repair; liens
(1) An enforcement board, upon notification by the code inspector that an order of the enforcement board has not been complied with by the set time or upon finding that a repeat violation has been committed, may order the violator to pay a fine in an amount specified in this section for each day the violation continues…
Fla. Stat. § 162.10
Duration of lien
No lien provided under the Local Government Code Enforcement Boards Act shall continue for a period longer than 20 years after the certified copy of an order imposing a fine has been recorded, unless within that time an action is commenced pursuant to s. 162.09(3) in a court of competent jurisdiction. In an action to f…
Fla. Stat. § 162.11
Appeals
An aggrieved party, including the local governing body, may appeal a final administrative order of an enforcement board to the circuit court. Such an appeal shall not be a hearing de novo but shall be limited to appellate review of the record created before the enforcement board. An appeal shall be filed within 30 days…
Fla. Stat. § 162.12
Notices
(1) All notices required by this part must be provided to the alleged violator by:(a) Certified mail, and at the option of the local government return receipt requested, to the address listed in the tax collector’s office for tax notices or to the address listed in the county property appraiser’s database. The local go…
Fla. Stat. § 162.125
Actions for money judgments under this chapter; limitation
Actions for money judgments under this chapter may be pursued only on fines levied after October 1, 2000.
Fla. Stat. § 162.13
Provisions of act supplemental
It is the legislative intent of ss. 162.01-162.12 to provide an additional or supplemental means of obtaining compliance with local codes. Except as provided in s. 162.06(1)(b), nothing contained in ss. 162.01-162.12 shall prohibit a local governing body from enforcing its codes by any other means.
Fla. Stat. § 162.21
Enforcement of county or municipal codes or ordinances; penalties
(1) As used in this section, “code enforcement officer” means any designated employee or agent of a county or municipality whose duty it is to enforce codes and ordinances enacted by the county or municipality.(2) A county or a municipality may designate certain of its employees or agents as code enforcement officers.…
Fla. Stat. § 162.22
Designation of enforcement methods and penalties for violation of municipal ordinances
The governing body of a municipality may designate the enforcement methods and penalties to be imposed for the violation of ordinances adopted by the municipality. These enforcement methods may include, but are not limited to, the issuance of a citation, a summons, or a notice to appear in county court or arrest for vi…
Fla. Stat. § 162.23
Notice to appear
(1) Notwithstanding s. 34.07, a code enforcement officer, designated pursuant to s. 162.21(1) and (2), may issue a notice to appear at any hearing conducted by a county court if the officer, based upon personal investigation, has reasonable cause to believe that the person has violated a code or ordinance. A notice to…
Fla. Stat. § 162.30
Civil actions to enforce county and municipal ordinances
In addition to other provisions of law authorizing the enforcement of county and municipal codes and ordinances, a county or municipality may enforce any violation of a county or municipal code or ordinance by filing a civil action in the same manner as instituting a civil action. The action shall be brought in county…
Fla. Stat. § 162.41
Code inspector body cameras; policies and procedures
(1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Body camera” means a portable electronic recording device worn on a code inspector’s person which records audio and video data of the code inspector’s encounters and activities.(b) “Code inspector” has the same meaning as in s. 162.04(2).(2) A governmental entity that permits…